Sentence examples for overture as from inspiring English sources

What surprised us, however, was the "relaxing" benefit applied to all classical music, the "1912 Overture" as well as a Mozart symphony.

After intermission there will be two works by Wagner that laid the groundwork for Schoenberg's harmonic experimentation: the "Tannhäuser" Overture as well as the Wesendonck Lieder, which will be presented in an intriguing orchestration by the composer Hans Werner Henze.

In the installment of the cycle on offer this weekend, Mr. Maazel will conduct the "Eroica" Symphony and the "Egmont" Overture, as well as the Piano Concerto No. 1, with Christian Zacharias as the soloist.

Into this aspirational climate, and in a year that swells the hearts of Slavophiles (2012 marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia, which inspired Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" as well as Tolstoy's divertissement "War and Peace"), enter two enthralling new books that recall readers to the past glories and tumult of the Russian empire.

Composers of Mr. Welser-Möst's native Austria seem to draw from him a special affection and fluency, so it's good that he arrives next week bearing Brahms (the First Symphony and the "Academic Festival Overture") as well as the New York premiere of a work by Chen Yi. 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, (212 247-7800, $33 to $116.

The next concert (following a recital of Beethoven violin sonatas by Pamela and Claude Frank on Wednesday) offers Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and "Coriolan" Overture as well as the Bach-Mahler Suite: actually a conflation of Bach's Second and Third Orchestral Suites, in which the distinctions are far from fine.

Channel 4 made impressive overtures as recently as the 1990s for the Royal & Ancient's flagship event.

But the Taliban have consistently rejected the overtures, as well as claims that they are secretly meeting with members of the Afghan government.

Mr. Netanyahu has legitimate reasons to be wary of any Iranian overtures, as do the United States and the four other major powers involved in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

He appears on DVD in Pountney's Zurich production of the opera, while he recorded some of his other ENO roles – in The Mikado, Orpheus in the Underworld and Sondheim's Pacific Overtures – as well as works by Vaughan Williams and Harvey.

Communication style: Do you respond to your friend's overtures as well as initiate contact?